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IENG Courses
IENG 410: Human
Factors Engineering (3)
Introduction to the principles of human-machine systems, human error,
auditory systems, and visual systems. Analysis of psychomotor skills,
speech communications, and control-display relationships. PRQ: PHYS
250A and IENG 335 or STAT 350 or UBUS 223.
IENG 430T: Reliability Engineering
(3)
Reliability analysis for the design, implementation, and operation
of engineering systems, processes, and products. Fault trees, lifetime
distributions, life testing, availability, and maintainability.
PRQ: IENG 334 or STAT 350.
IENG 440: Production
Planning and Control (3)
Analysis, design and management of production systems. Topics include
productivity measurement, forecasting techniques, project planning,
line balancing, inventory systems, aggregate planning, master scheduling,
operations scheduling, and modern approaches to production management
such as just-in-time production. PRQ: IENG 335 or UBUS 223 or STAT
350. CRQ: IENG 370 or OMIS 327.
IENG 442: Engineering
Project Management (3)
An integrated approach to the management of engineering and high-technology
projects that addresses the entire life cycle of the project including
project initiation, organization, planning, implementation, control,
and termination. Focus on human resources and the use of quantitative
methods for project evaluation, scheduling, resource allocation,
cost control, contract selection, risk management, and project quality
management. PRQ: MATH 230 and STAT 208 or
equivalent, or consent of department.
IENG 450: Integrated Manufacturing
Systems (3)
Introduction to automation. Detroit automation, computer-aided manufacturing
(CAM), group technology, flexible manufacturing systems, and production
systems for manufacturing support. Applications of these concepts
using the FMS laboratory. PRQ: MEE 230; or MEE 330 and MEE 331.
IENG 451: Expert
Systems in Engineering (3)
Basic concepts and techniques of expert systems as well as the applications
of expert systems in engineering. Primary topics include expert
systems building tools and languages, a review of expert systems
in engineering, and building expert systems for engineering problems.
PRQ: CSCI 240 or consent of department.
IENG 452: Industrial
Robotics (3)
Fundamentals of robotics and robotic applications. Topics include
manipulator kinematics and dynamics, performance characteristics
of robots, robot programming, robotic work cell design, and application
of robots in industry. PRQ: MEE 211.
IENG 453: Integrated
Product and Process Design (3)
Concurrent engineering, product design and development strategies,
correlation between functional specifications and process capabilities
design for manufacture ability, and the economics of product design
and development. Topics include design and analysis of special tooling,
jigs, fixtures, and dies for cost efficiency.
PRQ: MEE 230 and MEE 270.
IENG 455: Automated
Inspection (3)
A study of the concepts, theories and techniques of automated inspection.
Topics include dimensional measurement, in-process measurement and
control, coordinate measuring machines, automated visual inspection,
quality control, and process capability analysis. PRQ: IENG 334
or STAT 350.
IENG 460: Facilities Planning and
Design (3)
Principles and practice of the planning of facility layout and material
handling equipment for manufacturing and service systems. Topics
include analytical approaches in site location, facility layout,
material handling, and storage systems. Discussion of systematic
procedures and computer-aided techniques. PRQ: IENG 370 and MEE
230.
IENG 472: Queueing
Methods for Services and Manufacturing (3)
The behavior of queueing systems focusing on mathematical models,
and diagnosis and correction of problems. The arrival process, service
policies, waiting line disciplines, bottlenecks, and networks. Reducing
delay through control and design. PRQ: IENG 371.
IENG 475: Introductory
Decision Analysis for Engineering (3)
Elementary quantitative decision making when random factors are
present. Decision trees, assessment of choices using expected utility,
influence diagrams, and the value of information. PRQ: STAT 350
or UBUS 223.
IENG 480: Simulation
Modeling and Analysis (3)
Design and analysis of industrial systems using computer simulation
models. Choice of input distributions, generation of random variates,
design and construction of simulation models and experiments, and
interpretation of generated output. PRQ: MATH 211 and UBUS 223,
or IENG 334 and IENG 335, or STAT 350, and CSCI 240, and IENG 371;
or consent of department.
IENG 482: Engineering
Information Systems (3)
Basic concepts, design, development, and the use of engineering
information systems. Topics include architecture and components
of engineering information systems, problem analysis, modeling,
design, development, and validation of application systems. Theoretical
and practical issues related to manipulation of engineering information
and design of queries. Examples of engineering information systems.
PRQ: CSCI 240 or OMIS 351.
IENG 498: Contemporary
Topics in Industrial Engineering (3)
May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours, with no more than
3 semester hours in the same topic area. PRQ: Consent of department.
IENG 520: Economic
Analysis of Industrial Projects (3)
Advanced topics in engineering economic analysis including equipment
replacement studies, purchases versus lease problems, project selection
under budgetary and other resource constraints, mathematical programming
formulations for economic optimization under constraints, statistical
methods of dealing with uncertainty evaluation for sequential decisions
portfolio selection, and multiple attributes. Knowledge of probability
and statistics and economic analysis is required. PRQ: Consent of
department.
IENG 530: Statistical
Quality Control (3)
Advanced theory, principles and procedures of statistical quality
control. Mathematics of sampling plans. Acceptance sampling plans
by variables. Rectifying control procedures, continuous sampling
plans, cumulative sum control charts, special procedures. PRQ: IENG
330 or consent of department.
IENG 531: Reliability
Evaluation of Engineering Systems (3)
Statistical analysis of failure distributions. Application of stochastic
models for failure based on Poisson and related processes. Use of
exponential and extreme value distributions in reliability. Use
of Markov process in the areas of equipment reliability, maintenance,
and availability. Advanced reliability evaluation techniques. PRQ:
IENG 430 or consent of department.
IENG 540: Advanced
Production and Inventory Control (3)
Single and parallel-machine sequencing. Job shop and flow shop scheduling.
Mathematical theory of single and multicommodity inventory systems.
Production planning for static and dynamic models. Mathematical
modeling approach toward forecasting. PRQ: STAT 350 and IENG 571,
or consent of department.
IENG 550: Advanced
Manufacturing Systems (3)
Advanced topics in computer-integrated manufacturing. Major topics
include advanced manufacturing processes, geometric modeling, design
for manufacture, computer-aided part programming, computer-aided
process planning, communication networks, and flexible manufacturing
systems. Applications of these concepts using the manufacturing
laboratory. PRQ: ENG 450 or consent of department.
IENG 551: Intelligent
Manufacturing Systems (3)
Application of artificial intelligence (Al) techniques to manufacturing.
Major topics include heuristic search techniques, knowledge representation
of manufacturing entities, and control and expert systems in manufacturing.
Current research issues also addressed. PRQ: IENG 451 or consent
of department.
IENG 561: Modern
Material Handling Systems (3)
Analysis for design and operations of material handling systems
(MHS), with emphasis on automation. Presentation of features applications,
and economics of MHS using analytical models and simulation. Experimentation
using FMS laboratory. PRQ: IENG 480 and IENG 450, or consent of
department.
IENG 571: Linear
Programming and Network Flows (3)
Formulation and solution techniques for linear programming and network
flow problems. The simplex method, theory, and computation. Duality
theory, sensitivity analysis. Maximum flow minimum cut theorem.
Shortest routes, minimum cost flows. PRQ: MATH 232 and MATH 240,
or consent of department.
IENG 572: Nonlinear
Programming (3)
Theory and algorithms for optimization of nonlinear programs. Convex
sets and functions, necessary and sufficient optimality conditions,
constraint qualifications, duality theory, algorithms for quadratic
programming, and linear complementary problems. Methods of direct
search, Newton, gradient projection, feasible direction, and reduced
gradient. PRQ: IENG 571 or consent of department.
IENG 573: Queueing
Systems (3)
Introduction to queueing processes and their applications. The M/M/S
and M/G/I queues. Queue length, waiting line, busy period. Queueing
networks. PRQ: STAT 470 and MATH 336, or consent of department.
IENG 574: Dynamic
Programming (3)
Techniques of recursive optimization and their applications to multistage
deterministic and stochastic problems from different fields. Problem
formulation, computational aspects, and dimensionality reduction.
PRQ: IENG 571 and STAT 350, or consent of department.
IENG 575: Advanced
Decision Analysis for Engineering (3)
The application of statistical decision making to engineering, with
emphasis on problems in industry and operations. PRQ: IENG 371 or
consent of department.
IENG 576: Discrete
Optimization (3)
A study of the concepts, theories, and techniques of discrete optimization,
both integer and combinatorial. Topics covered include polyhedral
theory, theory of valid inequalities, computational complexity polynomial
algorithms, nonpolynomial algorithms, and nonexact algorithms. Applications
include problems in graphs, networks, transportation, and scheduling.
PRQ: IENG 370 or consent of department.
IENG 580: Advanced
Simulation Techniques (3)
Advanced simulation concepts; event scheduling, process interaction,
and continuous modeling techniques. Design and analysis of simulation
experiments; probability and statistics related to simulation such
as length of run, probability distribution interference, variance
reduction, and stopping rules. PRQ: IENG 480 or consent of department.
IENG 591: Occupational
Ergonomics (3)
The development and use of the human-machine model to establish
the effects of interface design, environment, and work organization
on the performance, safety,
and health of the workforce. Topics include anthropometry, work
physiology, biomechanics, environments (thermal, auditory, vibratory,
and visual), and design of controls, display, and work spaces. PRQ:
STAT 350 or consent of department.
IENG 595: Graduate
Seminar (1)
Techniques for planning, conducting, documenting, and presenting
industrial engineering research. Requires attending lectures and
discussions on current industrial engineering research. Should be
taken during the first year of the graduate program. PRQ: Consent
of department.
IENG 596: Advanced
Topics in Industrial Engineering (1-3)
Advanced topics of contemporary interest. May be repeated to a maximum
of 9 semester hours provided no repetition of subject matter occurs.
PRQ: Consent of department.
IENG 597: Independent
Study (1-3)
Independent study and work to explore recent advances and innovative
approaches to industrial engineering design, practice, and research.
Written report required. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester
hours. PRQ: Consent of department.
IENG 598:
Master's Paper (3)
Production of a capstone paper that
investigates and integrates an application area of industrial and
system's engineering, with the guidance of a faculty adviser.
This course must be completed within one semester and cannot be
repeated. Not available for credit for students in the
thesis option of the MSIE program. PRQ: IENG 595 and
completion of at least 21 hours in the MSIE program.
IENG 599A: Master
Thesis (1-6)
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester
hours. PRQ: Consent of department.
IENG 599B: Master
Project (1-3)
Experience in the application of industrial
engineering to real world systems through project work. May be repeated
to a maximum of 3 semester hours. Written report required. Not available
for credit in the thesis option. PRQ: Consent of department.
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Department
of Industrial and Systems Engineering
College
of Engineering
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115
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